Let's talk about the "** bride price" (original).
Text: Sayings.
On November 3 this year, the author wrote an article on Baijia "What did the bride price sell?".It states in detail the root causes of the bride price and its hypocrisy and harmfulness. Today, I saw a press conference jointly held by the Supreme People's Court, the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and the All-China Women's Federation on "Promoting Changing Customs and Controlling High Bride Prices". The spokesman stressed that marriage should begin with "love" and that the bride price should return to "rites". Suffice it to say, this is to the point.
* The bride price is used as a guise for marriage for the purpose of collecting money, and its essence is to buy and sell marriage. It is not only a psychological trick of comparison, but more importantly, it destroys the foundation of marriage and buries love and affection. **The bride price completely exposes that the utilitarian nature of society has reached the extreme. If the bride price is allowed to spread wantonly, it will inevitably bring the following consequences:
1. The children of the poor cannot afford to get married. Due to the high bride price, children without money cannot get married, and there are more and more bachelors, ** activities are bound to be rampant.
Second, the divorce rate is getting higher and higher. The purpose of marriage is a bride price, and feelings have long been thrown out of the clouds. Due to the weak relationship, the marital happiness index is greatly reduced, and divorce will become commonplace.
Third, the birth rate of newborns is getting lower and lower. **The bride price replaces the relationship between husband and wife, and in a very unstable marital state, it is impossible to have children at all.
Fourth, it has destroyed the economic and ecological balance. **The bride price is a deformed consumption, and many of the things purchased are decorations. Wedding receptions and weddings are mostly extravagant and wasteful. Against the backdrop of sluggish economic growth, bride price will hinder economic recovery.
The three departments of the state have jointly rectified the chaos of bride price, which shows that this chaos has reached the point where it must be cured. Although this task is arduous, unpopular stereotypes and bad Xi will eventually be despised and spurned!
Grass in Kunming on December 12, 2023).